The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS; Russian: Содружество Независимых Государств, Sodruzhestvo Nezavisimykh Gosudarstv, initialism: СНГ, SNG) is a regional intergovernmental organization in Eurasia. It was formed following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. It covers an area of 20,368,759 km2 (7,864,422 sq mi) and has an estimated population of 239,796,010. The CIS encourages cooperation in economic, political and military affairs and has certain powers relating to the coordination of trade, finance, lawmaking, and security. It has also promoted cooperation on cross-border crime prevention.

Auf Einwegverpackungen bestimmter Getränke wird in Deutschland ein Pfand erhoben. Ab nächstes Jahr wird es diesbezüglich eine Änderung geben: Die Pfandpflicht wird ausgeweitet. Was heißt das?